Zhang Siwei nodded: "As my uncle said, I am worried about Duke Wei and Sun!"
As he said that, Zhang Siwei looked at the other great scholars in the cabinet: "You said that Wei and Sun Gong are also worthy people, but now because of him, Haigangfeng will be written down in the annals of history as 'sexually greedy'. It is really against the law." Three taboos.”
"Therefore, as a servant, we should order the Qing Dynasty to be carried out as soon as possible so that the national treasury deficit can be replenished, so that all officials in the world will not lose their dignity because of this."
Immediately, Zhang Siwei took up his pen and said: "My uncle's intention of letting me enter the cabinet, I understand, is just to use my servant's reputation among the officials from the north, and let me persuade the officials in the north to be willing." Clear the land for your husband."
"The servants should continue to write to them, lest they only know the strictness of the government and not know the difficulties of the court."
"When I was in this book, I mentioned to Your Majesty that Ziwei was sensible and could serve as an assistant minister. Now it is indeed the case."
Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Whether the northern bureaucrats can understand the court's intentions, please ask Ziwei to guide them."
Zhang Siwei hurriedly stood up and bowed his hands: "I don't dare to neglect you!"
As a result, the cabinet became happy again.
Zhao Zhenji didn't ridicule Zhang Siwei anymore, and just returned to check the room.
Lu Tiaoyang was still looking at his ticket silently, and came over from time to time to let Zhang Juzheng make up his mind.
No one seems to care about why Zhang Jingxiu did not participate in the imperial examination.
"Did Zhang Jingxiu fail or didn't participate?"
But in the market outside the palace city, even after the palace examination was over, Wu Rulun and other candidates were still more curious about this matter.
At this time, Sun Jigao looked at the first place on the imperial examination gold list with his name on it, and smiled: "Whatever, fortunately I didn't listen to the rumors. I really thought that Zhang Jiangling wanted to use his power to disrupt the government. Otherwise, this would I won’t be able to win the top prize.”
At this time, Yu Menglin, who was ranked second on the list, also smiled and said: "Yes, this shows that Jiangling is in charge of the country. Although he has power, he still governs fairly and can be a good prime minister!"
During the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty had already referred to the ministers of the cabinet as prime minister, prime minister, prime minister, etc.
For example, during the Chongzhen period, when Zhou Yanru rose again, Liu Zeqing specially invited him to Linqingzhou to entertain Zhou Yanru in order to curry favor with Zhou Yanru. When he met Zhou Yanru, he directly called him Prime Minister.
Xiao Liangyan, another candidate who failed in the examination, also echoed: "Seeing such a result, even though my name has failed, I don't feel disappointed. It should be a revelation!"
Wu Rulun was the only one who remained silent. After a long time, he said to Sun Jigao: "Brother is right. Sure enough, everything needs to be proven before we can make a decision. I shouldn't just judge Jiang Ling as someone who uses power for personal gain."
"In fact, it can be seen from the fact that he can recruit Hai Rui and Zhao Neijiang. Jiangling is really not the generation of Fenyi, Huating and Xinzheng."
Sun Jigao said.
Gao Gong, who happened to be passing by in plainclothes on his way to Beijing, raised his thick eyebrows after hearing this, and shouted to Sun Jigao: "Young man, why did Gao Xinzheng offend you? You actually attributed it to Fenyi and Huating's first class!"
Sun Jigao felt that the sound was deafening, so he had to look back and saw an old man in fine clothes, so he had to hand over his hand: "According to Wan Sheng's news, Xinzheng is urgent in nature, cannot hold things, cannot hide things, and needs to be tolerated. If there is any disobedience, it will be touched." Broken, every eye glared, followed by evil voices, and the infant's eyes were as bright as a hundred. Even the devout and benevolent emperor was told how the ten-year-old emperor could calm the world, so that he only used Hai Rui to retaliate against the Xu family for personal grudges. Once If you don't use it and discard it like worn-out shoes, and serve as an idle official, you can see that it is not as good as Jiangling."
"Excuse me, old man, can a leader like Gao Xinzheng be a good assistant?"
"Fortunately, he was defeated early, otherwise I don't know how far he can take advantage of his power!"
After hearing this, Gao Gong's eyes were about to burst, he pointed at Sun Jigao and shouted like thunder: "You!"
"My lord, please calm down and don't meet with the younger generation."
Yu Maoxue was busy admonishing from the side.
Gao Gong also put his hands on his forehead, nodded and said: "You are right, how can I get to know them, but they put me alongside Yan Fenyi and Xu Huating, which is really annoying! No matter how unreasonable I am, I will still do something for the country. A few practical things.”
After saying that, Gao Gong also said curiously: "However, Jianglinghui appointed Hai Rui, which frightened all the officials, and even appointed Zhao Zhenji, which constrained him. Even his son did not come out at the top in this competition. It is indeed beyond my imagination. Based on what I know about Jiang Ling, although this person can be regarded as a person who is loyal to the country, he will not restrain his desire for power to this extent. At most, he will be a little more restrained than me, and he will definitely not be so selfless."
Yu Maoxue said with a smile: "Not only did I not expect that the official, but also the subordinates did not expect that he would be the first to risk his life to criticize the new policy and impeach Yuan Fu. In the end, your majesty did not punish the subordinate severely. Instead, he knew why the subordinate criticized the new policy and was considerate of him. The difficulties faced by these incorruptible officials."
"It's your Majesty! It should be your Majesty! It's your Majesty who made Zhang Jiangling look more like an ancient minister!"
Gao Gong suddenly said solemnly.
Immediately, Gao Gong sighed with relief: "I lost to Jiangling back then. It's not unfair, it's not unfair!"
…
Zhu Yijun also learned from Zhang Jing what outsiders had said about Zhang Jingxiu after he failed to take the imperial examination. He couldn't help but smile slightly and thought to himself:
"Now, Hai Rui's comments about Zhang Juzheng may need to be changed in the future, and he should regard his work as not only for the country, but also for his own life."
Of course, Zhu Yijun knew that Zhang Juzheng was a human being, not a saint.
Although he may restrain his selfish desires because he knows that the emperor is not as naive as an ordinary child, but as a normal person, Zhang Juzheng, who is indeed lustful and mercenary, cannot really be as perfect as a saint.
What's more, actually becoming a saint may not necessarily make people feel at ease.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun still did not think about making Zhang Juzheng a perfect politician. He was still willing to see that Zhang Juzheng would make some mistakes and do something that was against his personal ethics, and would not be disappointed and disappointed by it. Collapse, and is willing to give Zhang Juzheng a fair ending in the future.
But in any case, Zhu Yijun knows that Zhang Juzheng's personal image is better now, which is conducive to the advancement of reform.
After all, most scholar-officials in this era were influenced by Neo-Confucianism and valued morality more than a person's ability.
Therefore, if Zhang Juzheng's moral evaluation is higher, it will help him get the support of more scholar-officials of this era when he is in power.
For example, because of Hai Rui's moral reputation among the scholar-bureaucrats, Sun Piyang, the governor of Baoding, burst into tears when he learned that he had been impeached by Hai Rui for depriving merchants of food and had petitioned the court to confiscate his home:
"Hai Gong, you are trying to destroy the reputation of this court! In the future, won't people in the world think that I, Sun, am an evil official and a cruel official with extremely bad morals?"
"There is no need to resent Duke Hai. After all, it was you who ruined the affairs of the imperial court."
Yan Qing, the new governor of Baoding, gave Sun Piyang some advice at this time and ordered: "Surround Sun Gong's inner courtyard! Not a grain of grain or a tael of silver can be obtained, and all the family members are locked up, and they are provided with food, water and tea regularly. Come and copy it!”
Sun Piyang was shocked after hearing this: "Mr. Yan, why are you so anxious? Can you wait until the dismissal has finished taking care of the housework and transfer some of the accumulated official income before sealing it up?"
With that said, Sun Piyang handed over to Yan Qing and said: "For the sake of being fellow scholars, please show some friendship, and I will be grateful if you are dismissed afterwards."
Yan Qing said: "Young Master is confused! The decree this time made it very clear that if the missing money cannot be made up by the confiscation of the stolen money of the Duke and Wei Gong, the search will continue. How can you let this court dare to talk about friendship?"
After hearing this, Sun Piyang collapsed on the ground, beat the ground and shouted excitedly: "Why is it like this? Why do you think the court should be like this! I have heard that farmers who cannot afford to eat will rebel, but I have never heard that those who sell grain will rebel if they cannot sell grain. Why should the court be so harsh when it comes to rebellion?”
"But you did not allow food to go to Liaodong, which caused the price of food in Liaodong to increase so much that even if the court paid enough, there were still soldiers and civilians in Liaodong who starved to death."
Yan Qing replied.
Sun Piyang couldn't help complaining: "Why are you starving to death? There is nothing to do now. The high price of food is nothing more than eating less food and eating more wild vegetables. If you can not starve to death but starve to death in peace, then you will be content. It’s not like you’re a scholar, and you’re not trying to resist the invaders. If you weaken your strength, you won’t easily cause trouble.”
